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Orrex

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5. You know, I thought about that, but...

Reply to frazzled (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 10, 2017, 12:54 PM

Apr 2017

George Romero's Night of the Living Dead famously lapsed into public domain:

Night of the Living Dead entered the public domain in the United States because the original theatrical distributor, the Walter Reade Organization, neglected to place a copyright indication on the prints.

So I wondered what would happen if that same sort of SNAFU hit Dirk Zaxxon's adventures. Hell, what if I screw up the movie rights?!?

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If you've copyrighted it frazzled Apr 2017 #1

You don't need to do anything to copyright a work. You can if you want. But you don't have to 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #3

You know, I thought about that, but... Orrex Apr 2017 #5

Any work you create is protected by copyright. Automatically. It won't become public domain 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #2

But you can't sue for claims unless you register the copyright frazzled Apr 2017 #7

Not true. If you own it, you own it. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #8

But you can register at any time. hunter Apr 2017 #10

Sure you can, but then you can't sue for statutory damages frazzled Apr 2017 #14

If family and friends had bought a few books-on-demand from Amazon... hunter Apr 2017 #15

"if, through some gross negligence on my part, I allow the first book to lapse into public domain" jberryhill Apr 2017 #4

Clearly you underestimate my ability to be grossly negligent Orrex Apr 2017 #6

Those circumstances cannot be repeated jberryhill Apr 2017 #9

Ah, thank you. Orrex Apr 2017 #11

Forget the legal nuances, think of it as a marketing opportunity. hunter Apr 2017 #12

I misspelled it. It's actually Dirk Zaxxxon. Totally different. Orrex Apr 2017 #13